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ID: SAT-RW-EI-049
Section: SAT Reading & Writing (RW) – Expression of Ideas
Topic: Rhetorical Synthesis
Difficulty level: Medium

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While researching early scientific photography, a student has taken the following notes:

In the early 1800s, botanists usually recorded plant specimens with hand-drawn illustrations.
The cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces white images on a deep blue background.
Anna Atkins, a British botanist, laid dried algae directly onto light-sensitive paper and exposed it to sunlight.
Each print recorded the exact outline of a specimen without any drawing by hand.

The student wants to emphasize how Atkins's method differed from the botanical illustration usual in her time. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

AWhereas botanists of the early 1800s usually drew their specimens by hand, Atkins laid dried algae directly on light-sensitive paper, letting each cyanotype record a specimen's exact outline without a drawing.

BAnna Atkins worked in a way that set her apart from the other botanists of her era.

CThe cyanotype process produces striking white-on-blue images, which is why the prints remain visually appealing today. Collectors and museums continue to prize the prints as much for their beauty as for whatever they happened to record, and they hang as readily in an art gallery as in a science collection.

DAnna Atkins was a British botanist, and cyanotypes are photographic prints that appear white on a blue background.

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